05 September, 2010

Apple blossom

The tiny apple tree I've got from a friend last year started blossoming and of course the aphids know it.

03 September, 2010

Strawberries

My first strawberries! They only need to grow a bit larger and turn bright red, yummy, can't wait!

30 August, 2010

Gum tree

Gum tree along Lake Claremont, the smooth bark is full with ripples and dents, or was it a bump?

26 August, 2010

Broadbean blossom

My broad
beans are blossoming, aren't they pretty?

24 August, 2010

Rocket blossom

This is my third lot of rocket and I collect the seeds every time so I can keep on harvesting fresh salad.

22 August, 2010

Snails

I found my snail a little friend, they touched and moved on...

20 August, 2010

18 August, 2010

Snail

This tiny snail was eating my snowpeas... normally I chuck them in the chicken pen but I got attached to this little fellow so I moved him to the other side of the garden with his little friends.

03 August, 2010

Half eaten leaf

There are all kind of pests around and one is eating all the nice soft green bits from the leaves of my rose bush.

01 August, 2010

White scale

I have to spray some chili oil again as I missed a few spots of white scale on my roses...

30 July, 2010

Oxalis Sagol

This tiny pink clover flower is blooming in my pot of roses.

29 July, 2010

Gasteraloe

Flowers in one of my succulent cuttings, aren't they pretty?

28 July, 2010

Echeveria

Tiny succulent. Everywhere I come I pinch cuttings and some are growing fast like this tiny echeveria.

26 July, 2010

Blueberry blossom

It's mid winter in Perth but my blueberries are in full bloom. As both bushes died a few months after planting last year I bought a new bush and left it in the pot on a sunny spot and now I am a bit worried as it doesn't have any leaves but only blossom, heaps... tiny white flower baskets catching raindrops...

19 July, 2010

Worm farm

Since a few weeks I am in the possession of a whole colony of worms. I've won them during a worm farm demonstration and I am housing them in an old ceramic water filter set. This works perfect. The worms have to share the kitchen scraps with the chickens so they end up with all the stuff the chooks don't eat, poor things... But they seem to be alrigth, they breed like mad!